The Police said that the one lane of the new Kelani Bridge will be close for a period of one month from tomorrow in order due to the extension of the Katunayake Colombo Expressway.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today gave appointment letters to the new District and Bala Mandala leaders at the party headquarters Sirikotha. Pix by Nisal Baduge

General Jagath Jayasuriya assumed duties as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) today. The former Army Commander succeeded Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonethileke. Senior members of the military were present at the event which was held at the CDS of

JVP Propaganda Secretary and parliamentarian Vijitha Herath today condemned the attack on the people who were protesting in Weliweriya and said the government had failed to resolve this issue before valuable lives were lost

Three people were killed and two injured in a head-on collision between a car and a private bus last morning at Dalada Gama on the Padeniya-Anuradhapura Road

The United States said that it was ‘concerned’ about the violence in yesterdays protest and urged for restraint from all sides.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited HIS holiness Pope Francis to visit Sri Lanka, presidential spokesman Mohan Samaranayake said. A few days ago Pope Francis intimated his intention of coming to Sri Lanka during a visit to some Asian countries

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe visited Weliweriya and the surrounding areas where the army is alleged to have assaulted unarmed villagers while they were demonstrating against the contamination of ground water

A group of 39 people were taken into custody from a house in the Kanattagoda police area in Matara while they were getting ready to flee to Australia illegally as asylum seekers last night, police said.

Prabath Deshabandu, the newly appointed OIC of Deraniyagala has received sudden transfer orders instructing him to vacate his post with immediate effect. Accordingly he has been transferred to the Padiyathalawa Police Station in the Ampara district

Former Foreign Affairs Minister the late Lakshman Kadirgamar’s son in a Writ Application before the Court of Appeal bemoans there are moves afoot to acquire his ancestral property in the Jaffna district by the State

Army officers are pictured here, assault rifles in hand, attempting to chase away protesting villagers who demanded for pure drinking water. One person was killed with gunshot injuries and fifteen others are currently receiving treatment in hospita

One person, who was injured due to gunshot injuries during the clash between the army, police and protestors, succumbed to his injuries this evening at the Gampaha Hospital, sources said

Police used tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse some thousands of protestors in the Belummahara junction on the Kandy road, a short while ago

Former DIG Vaas Gunawardena who is a suspect in the killing of millionaire businessman Mohamed Shyam was being brought to the Colombo Chief Magistrates Court today for the Magisterial inquiry before Additional Magistrate A.M.Shahabdeen. Pix by Kush

A 65-year-old estate worker was killed and four others hospitalised following a wasp attack at Norwood in Hatton, police said

Pilgrims from Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Mullaithivu, and Trincomalee set off this morning from Ukandai on their journey on foot through the jungle to Katahragama to attend the Esala festival on August 07, 2013. Pix by U.Wijesinghe and Saman Ra

A tense situation has arisen in the Balummahara junction, with protesting villagers turning violent, our reporter said. Reports said that the Colombo- Kandy road has been completely closed

The Attorney General has filed a direct indictment on former North Western Provincial Council member, Ananda Sarath Kumara who allegedly asked a school teacher at Navagaththegama Maha Vidyalaya to kneel down in the presence of the pupils in the schoo

Suspended DIG Vaas Gunawardana and six other suspects were further remanded till August 14 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today.

More than 1000 people took to the streets obstructing the new Kandy Road at Weliweriya junction accusing the authorities of failing to resolve the ground water pollution that created a shortage of drinking water in several areas in the Gampaha Distri

Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake assumed duties as the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army today. With a 33 year service with the Army and known as a battle hardened officer, he was commissioned as an officer attached to the Sri Lanka Light Infan

Three bookies were arrested from Miramar beach in Goa for accepting bets on the one-day cricket match between Sri Lanka and South Africa, police said on Thursday.

Elections for the Northern, Central and North-Western provincial councils will be held on September 21, Election commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said.

The annual Vel (Chariot) festival of the Arulmigu Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Kovil in Slave Island, Colombo started on July 23. The festival will go on till August 4. The chariot carrying Lord Murugan parades the streets of Colombo. Pix by Pradeep Dil

Ten former Presidential Security Division officers were sentenced to four-and-half year imprisonment and were ordered to pay Rs. 2 m compensation in the Rukantha-Chandralekha harassment case by the Panadura High Court today  PICTURES

The Co -operative Minister of the southern Provincial council D.V. Upul has been arrested in Tangalle for allegedly assaulting a CTB driver last evening, police said

Lieutenant General Daya Rathnayake assumed duties as the 20th army commander of the Sri Lanka army a short while ago

The Aralaganwila police yesterday arrested the driver and conductor of a bus plying from Kaduruwela to Arunapura for on charges of telecasting a pornographic film on a TV installed inside the bus

The Police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has launched an investigation into the activities of the senior police officers, who were in charge of the Deraniyagala Police Division during the period gangsters led by former Deraniyagala PS Chairman An